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March 15, 2017

Russian private contractors from Syria support Haftar in Libya

Reports have emerged highlighting several dozen armed private security contractors from Russia having operated in a part of Libya under the control of regional army leader Khalifa Haftar. The...

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March 15, 2017

Merkel’s chief of staff eyes ban on Turkish campaigning – media

The German government will not rule out a ban on Turkish politicians campaigning in Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s chief of staff said in an interview published on Wednesday amid...

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March 14, 2017

‘Sudan’s armed groups must join reconciliation’

Armed groups must abandon violence and disarm to unite behind the National Government of Reconciliation, Sudan’s political leaders said yesterday. The call came days after the Prime Minister General Bakri...

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March 14, 2017

Get your own facts, ignore media, Palestinian artist Halaby tells successors

Palestinian painter Samia Halaby has blunt advice for aspiring Arab artists – get your inspiration first-hand, whether from ordinary people or historical documents, avoiding the “lies” of the media....

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March 14, 2017

Israel’s Netanyahu and wife testify in court

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife testified in court today that a journalist had invented a story that Sara Netanyahu once ordered her husband out of their...

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March 14, 2017

Russia on Tunisia’s borders

The late Tunisian President, Habib Bourguiba, was cautious in his relations with Russia, as his main reliance, after independence, was to depend on Europe and America strategically without provoking...

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March 14, 2017

East Libyan forces say they have retaken oil ports

East Libyan forces said they had regained control of the major oil ports of Ras Lanuf and Es Sider today from a rival faction that seized them earlier this...

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March 14, 2017

250,000 Palestinians injured since First Intifada

Some 250,000 Palestinians have been injured by Israeli forces since the First Intifada in 1987, including 110,000 in the Gaza Strip, A Palestinian NGO revealed yesterday. The figures, released...

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March 14, 2017

Water reaches pumping station in Syrian city of Aleppo

Water has reached a pumping station inside Aleppo and will “soon” go out to residential districts in the city, Syrian state media said today. Aleppo’s main water supply has...

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March 14, 2017

Tunisia seizes $6 million worth of cocaine

Tunisia’s coastguard yesterday confirmed it had seized 31 kilogrammes of pure cocaine valued at more than $6 million off its Mediterranean coast. The cocaine seizure followed “suspicious movements” that...

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